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Credit: An essay on the puerperal fever / by Thomas Denman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 3« ] As the difeafe paffes into its more advanced ■ftages it becomes more complicated and dangerous, and there is a necefiity of being very circumfpeft in our endeavours to give relief. Bleeding, unlefs by fcarification, or the application of leeches to the abdomen, will very feldom be proper at this time, and if directed or repeated by the encouragement which the appearance of the blood may afford, will generally haffen the fate of the patient, by re- ducing the ftrength in a much greater degree, than it can abate the difeafe. It muff therefore be omitted or preferibed with the greateft caution. But if the ftomach or bowels are much diflurbed, and an emetic was not given in the beginning, one may be then directed with fafety and advantage. Or if there be no loofenefs, and ftools have been procured fparingly through the courfe of the difeafe, the general method of cure muft be pur- fued, allowing for the reduced ftrength of the pa- tient. The frequent injection of gently purgative or emollient clyffers, will be extremely proper, and laxative medicines of the kind beforemention- ed, not omitting to give opiates to procure tempo- ■ rary cafe. But when, the ftools are very frequent or invo- luntary, and all appearances threaten danger, we muft be cautious that our attempts to cure the difeafe, are confiftent with the ftate of the patient, though](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21515554_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
